racism
The Pandemic of Racism
This article was originally published in focus magazine, the annual scholarly publication of the BU School of Theology, in May 2021. The full magazine is posted here and this article can be found on page 31. One family navigates a year, amid a lifetime, of racist violence By Ronald Angelo Johnson (STH’06) In late May […]
Dean Pak Statement on Violence Against Asians and Asian Americans in the US
March 18, 2021 – I write with grief and with anger. Just three days after the anniversary of Breonna Taylor being shot to death in her apartment by police—say her name!—our nation continues to struggle to name the violence. Does it need to be said that I detest the violence against Asian and Asian Americans […]
Dismantling Racism: Lenten Devotion by Bishop LaTrelle Easterling (STH ’04)
The following article was originally published by UMC.org on February 24, 2021. Click here to read the original article. The Council of Bishops invites the people of The United Methodist Church to a season of introspection and self-examination. Together this Lent, we will confess and fast from the sin of racism, discrimination, oppression and exclusion and feast on the […]
Dean Pak Statement Against Asian-American Violence
Dear Beloved BUSTH Community, I write to you today with a grieving heart. In the past few weeks there have been over twenty attacks against Asian persons in the United States, including an 84-year old Thai man named Vicha Ratanpakdee killed in San Francisco, a 91-year old Chinese man in Oakland rammed to the ground, […]